Terriers Drop 8-5 Decision to Duluth
December 29, 1999 | Men's Ice Hockey
For the second straight night, a good effort was not good enough as mistakes proved costly for the Terrier hockey team in an 8-5 loss to host University of Minnesota-Duluth tonight (December 28th) in the second game of the Silverado Shootout Classic.
The loss was the third straight for the Terriers who are now 11-6-2 for the season and are off until Saturday January 8th when they travel to Boston College. It will begin a month-long schedule that includes two games against the Eagles, two against New Hampshire, a pair of home games against Maine, and single games against UMass/Lowell and Yale.
On Monday night (December 27th), in the Terriers' matchup against Ferris State in the Silverado opener, B.U. played hard, according to head coach Jack Parker. Unfortunately, some lapses proved costly in the 4-3 set back to the Bulldogs. Ferris State went on to shut out Northeastern, 4-0, on Tuesday night (December 28th) to win the Classic.
On Tuesday night, it was more of the same for the Terriers.
We had a good effort, and we played well at times, said Parker. But, we just weren't thorough enough. We made mistakes, and we paid dearly for them.
It is pathetic that we should allow eight goals, continued the coach. According to the coach, though, that wasn't the only pathetic thing he saw on the ice.
The officiating was pathetic, said the coach. They ran our goalie (Jason Tapp) all night, and they wouldn't call it. All I want to say is that the referee's name is Bill Mason, and he played hockey at Duluth.
That is verboten in Terrier games, as Hockey East prohibits officials from working games in which their alma mater is involved.
Mason whistled the Terriers for 11 penalties for 30 minutes, while UMD was called for five infractions for 10 minutes. B.U. had just two power play chances, and was unable to convert on either of them. In the meantime, Duluth was 3-of-7. I really don't want my comments to take away from how well Duluth played, Parker went on. They played hard, and they had a zip out there tonight.
Throughout the game, the Terriers were unable to hold a lead.
They opened up with a 2-0 lead at the 4:35 mark of the first period. Junior Carl Corazzini (Framingham), who was named to the All-Tournament team, opened the scoring just 54 seconds into the game. Sophomore Mike Pandolfo (Burlington, Mass.) made it 2-0 at 4:35 of the period.
The Bulldogs came back to tie the game on a pair of unanswered goalsthe first coming at 7:53, while the second was at 8:59.
B.U. did come out of the first period with a lead, though, after senior Chris Heron (Mississauga, ONT) scored while the Terriers were down a man at 11:10.
After Duluth tied the game, 3-3, at 1:09 of the second period, the Terriers scored twice to take a 5-3 lead at 6:44 of the second period. At 1:53, junior Nick Gillis (Winthrop, Mass.) scored the first of the goals, and senior Tommi Degerman (Helsinki, FIN) followed that at 6:44.
At that point, Duluth, trailing 5-3, called a time out and replaced starting goalie Brant Nicklin with Rob Anderson. Anderson played the final 33:16 of the game, had 20 saves, and did not allow a goal.
In the meantime, his teammates scored twice more in the second period to tie the game, 5-5, entering the final 20 minutes of play.
Then, in the third period, the Bulldogs scored three times. The second of the three was into an empty net as Parker pulled Tapp, in favor of an extra skater, with 1:33 to play in the game. The move backfired when UMD scored its seventh goal of the game. The eighth goal came with just 13 seconds to play, and it was the Bulldogs' third power play goal of the game.
